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"The Poor Man's "Dolce Vita""

1961

1h 57m

7.7(491 votes)

Drama

Overview

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

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47 members

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Franco Citti

Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi

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Franca Pasut

Stella

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Silvana Corsini

Maddalena

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Paola Guidi

Ascenza

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Adriana Asti

Amore

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Luciano Conti

Il Moicano

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Luciano Gonini

Piede d'Oro

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Renato Capogna

Il Capogna

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Alfredo Leggi

Pupo Biondo

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Galeazzo Riccardi

Il Cipolla

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Leonardo Muraglia

Mommoletto

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Giuseppe Ristagno

Peppe il Folle

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Roberto Giovannoni

Il Tedesco

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Mario Cipriani

Balilla

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Roberto Scaringella

Cartagine

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Silvio Citti

Sabino

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Giovanni Orgitano

Lo Scucchia

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Piero Morgia

Pio

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Umberto Bevilacqua

Salvatore

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Franco Bevilacqua

Franco

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Amerigo Bevilacqua

Amerigo

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Sergio Fioravanti

Gennarino

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Adele Cambria

Nannina

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Adriano Mazzelli

Il Cliente di Amore

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Mario Castiglione

Mario

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Dino Frondi

Dino

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Tommaso Nuovo

Tommaso

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Romolo Orazi

Suocero di Accattone

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Massimo Cacciafeste

Cognato di Accattone

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Francesco Orazi

Il Burino

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Mario Guerani

Il Commissario

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Stefano D'Arrigo

Il Giudice Istruttore

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Enrico Fioravanti

Primo Agente

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Nino Russo

Secondo Agente

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Edgardo Siroli

Primo Farlocco

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Renato Terra

Secondo Farlocco

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Emanuele Di Bari

Sor Pietro

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Franco Marucci

Franco

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Carlo Sardoni

Carlo

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Adriana Moneta

Margheritona

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Polidor

Becchino

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Danilo Alleva

Iaio

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Writing

Sergio Citti

Il Cameriere

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Elsa Morante

Una Detenuta

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Gabriele Baldini

Intellettuale (uncredited)

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Franco Venditti

Ragazzo (uncredited)

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Luisa Loiano

Amica prostituta nel ristorante

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